REUNITED AND IT FEELS AWKWARD

SCENE FOURTEEN

You could hear a mouse fart in the woods surrounding the mine. Every so often a belt clip would snap or a whisper just out of hearing range would fade. After Agent Hotchner gave Sam the fifth for possibly jeopardizing the raid on the mine and his partner going inside Hotchner insisted Sam suit up. Reid on the other hand had his skepticism about the two FBI agents from South Dakota settled with a phone call to their field office and talking with Bobby. He walked over to the Impala where Sam was done securing his bullet prove vest. "Nick", he knew Sam Winchester as Nick. "Hotch wants you to join the SWAT team on the south ridge. There is a small shaft that needs securing."

The local Sheriff walks up to Reid. "Where is Agent Hotchner, It looks like we may not be getting the schematics on the mine, right away. Dispatch has been trying to contact the owner but he doesn't seem to be answering his phone and with every available officer here I need to send someone out." The Sheriff's deputy joins them. "I would like to send Deputy Diggs to get the maps, but I know Agent Hotchner has requested the road block."

"Just a minute", Reid calls Hotchner and explains the situation, then relays the information to the Sheriff. "Go ahead and send Deputy Diggs out. If there is a fax or copy machine, just send the images to this number." Reid hands his business card to the Deputy. With a nod of his head the Deputy is on the move.

In the meantime Sam had slipped away and was standing by Dan at his truck. "Dan, I need to get into that mine and help Dean. Who knows what is happening in there."

With a cold angry response Dan puts Sam at odds. "Look, you two may have just cost my career. If you want to go into the mine go, you don't need my permission."

With no time to console the bitter wall between them, Sam leaves Dan to sulk and heads down to the main floor of the mine. There he joins a team of twenty men preparing to enter. There only hold back is waiting for a small roller robot with camera to find the un-subs. Off to the side Sam watches the monitor and an object catches his eye. "Wait stop." The main controller stops the robot. "Back it up a few inches." The robot rolls backwards six inches. "There, there", Sam moves to the monitor and points to an object on the mine floor. "That's my partner's flashlight. It's on." Sam looks at the man controlling the robot. "You need to go in the direction the light is pointing. I know my partner and he is letting me know which way to go." The controller looks to his superior and with a nod sends the robot in the direction of the light.

For a moment Sam's attention is drawn from the screen to the hillcrest where Dan is standing then turns to the cars parked away from the mine and disappears behind the small ridge. Looking back at the screen the robot has stopped. They found the body of the man who was possessed by a Demon killed by Dean.

Down at the SUV Dan opens the door on Kevin's side. "Hello there. How are you doing with that laptop?"

Feeling he was getting closer to opening the files Kevin keeps typing. "I am almost there."

"Why don't you let me have that laptop?" Dan holds his hand out waiting for Kevin to hand it over. "I know you're the computer hacker of the century, but you will never break that code, because it isn't one."

"What?" Kevin looks up to Dan, his eyes black. "Oh, crap." He tries to slide across the seat with the laptop, but Dan grabs his shoulder and pulls him back. "Look, you hell rot", Kevin avoids eye contact while trying to work his cell phone. Dan grabs the phone and throws it on the ground crushing it under his boots. "Hey, that cost me a small fortune." Kevin looks at Dan, fear shaking through his body, "never mind." With a firm grip on the laptop, Kevin is determined not to let go.

"Here let me help." Dan hits the escape key three times. "There you see, it isn't a real encryption. I just made it look that way." The laptop appears to shut down. "I don't know what it is with you people. I send you the bodies so you can find Onyx and stop her, but you fail." Dan's voice is filled with anger and disappointment. "I am so tired of following the bitch around and being her lap dog. If this meat suit had done the job right we wouldn't need this laptop." Dan hits the escape key two more times and the laptop begins to hum. "You may want to give that to me."

Looking at the laptop Kevin sees a digital image of a counter. It first reads, "fifteen minutes" then begins to count backwards when Dan reaches in and hits the enter key. Without hesitation Kevin hands the laptop over to Dan and just sits there. The car door slams and Kevin frozen in fear and confused about what to do he can only watch Dan head towards the mine.

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